Memories

Final Memories

The man's footsteps echoed in the hallways as he made his way to the throneroom where everyone was currently standing around Snow in a defensive position, ready to fight whatever was coming at them.

"My my, what a turn out~" The man spoke with a sultry voice and a grin. He looked straight at the Evil Queen and tilted his head. "Though, I didn't quite expect to see you here. I thought you were dead in a ditch somewhere. I suppose life is full of surprises." The man went on and moved even closer. "But I suppose I should have known that you would survive, after all, vermin is hard to kill no matter how pretty it might look." He stopped and looked at the new faces in the room. "Where are my manners? My name is..." But before the man could even utter another word, Regina charged forward and ripped his heart clean out, crushing it at the same time.

She turned around and dusted off her hands while the corpse collapsed behind her. Everyone looked at her with their mouth agape in shock and surprise.
"What?" She asked. "I wasn't gonna wait for him to finish. What's the point anyway? Wait for him to finish his villain monologue only to attack us afterwards?" She explained and Emma bit her lip before snorting a little.
"I suppose its just not quite what we expected. You made him sound rather terrifying." She said and looked at the others quickly.
"I said he's a pain but rather weak. See..." She motioned to the dead body behind her and Charming laughed a little.

"Well, so much for an epic battle." He said and sheeted his sword. "I think I speak for all of us when I say you saved us a lot of trouble." The man moved to face the former Queen properly. "Thank you for helping me save my wife and Kingdom... And for staying with my daughter." He smiled a little and turned back to his wife. Snow was still a bit confused by all of this but got up slowly and with the help of Emma moved towards Regina and Charming.
"I think I owe you an apology." The woman said softly. Regina was a little taken aback since she didn't expect this from her at all.
"You don't have to..." She said quickly and waved it off. "Let's just call it even now, shall we?" The brunette said and Snow smiled.
"I can live with that." She said and held out her hand to the woman. The former Queen looked at it and hesitated for a moment before taking it.
"Wonderful!" Charming said and smiled. "I'm going to send out the messenger birds. I think it's time to spread the good news." He said and wandered off.

Michael and his men bowed to the royalty in the room and smiled.
"If you'll excuse us, we have an army to reorganize." He said and took his leave as well.

Emma looked at her mother and smiled a little.
"You sound like you again." The blonde spoke softly and Snow bit her lip and looked at her daughter full of regret.
"I hurt you and your father so much. I should have never trusted that man, I'm so sorry." She said and Regina rolled her eyes a little.
"It's not really your fault. He was a slippery cockroach of society with a charming face and a way with words." She said and Snow looked back at her former enemy.
"You knew him then." She said and the brunette nodded.
"I knew many cockroaches, but I no longer associate myself with them." Snow frowned a little as the woman said that. Emma moved to stand beside Regina and put her hand on the woman's lower back.

"Regina had an accident and lost her memories. I found her and she's been with me ever since. She did get her memories back recently, but this is the first time in months she has used her magic to this extend or even killed someone." The blonde said. Regina leaned a little into the warm touch to her back and leaned closer to Emma. Snow didn't fail to notice the interaction between the two of them.

"Well, I'm thankful that you saved my family from me." She said and looked at the man on the floor. "And from him."
"It was my pleasure, but don't expect me to make habit of it because I kicked the habit when I hit my head."
"Oh trust me, I feel much safer knowing my heart will stay where it belongs." Snow chuckled a little and Regina glared at her a little before smirking.
"Don't tempt me to change my mind."
"Ok, that's enough." Emma snorted and shook her head. "Mom, I'm sure you want to get some rest, we'll go see if we can help somewhere else." The blonde gave Regina a meaningful look and the brunette nodded.
"Perhaps get some sleep, after all, we've been at it since this morning." Emma nodded in agreement.
"We'll be in my room if you're looking for us." The blonde said and quickly hugged her mother before guiding the brunette to the door.
"Good night." Snow said quickly and watched the two women hurry off. "I must be imagining things..." She said softly to herself and shook her head.